Here is a view of the great hemicycle, down on the first story.
President Tajani and President Junker will host an award ceremony on Tuesday in the hemicycle for 33 Erasmus participants - one for each participant country.
A few hours before our spat, Romano Prodi had unveiled his new blueprint for the future of Europe in the cavernous "hemicycle" of the European parliament.
The first non-European pontiff in 1,200 years delivered a sombre and thoughtful, if less than stirring, message to more than 700 MEPs gathered in the parliament's hemicycle in Strasbourg on France's border with Germany.
Visits to the Hemicycle differ depending on whether the European Parliament is meeting for a plenary session during the week (see calendar on right for dates).
Note here also this great hemicycle, down here, which is part of the bath building – a hemicycle that had seats on it, which probably served for performances of whatever kind, that would have taken place here.
Live Positions: Stand up position next to the Hemicycle for duplex with MEPs and live reports from the EP.
The debate in the hemicycle, from 11 00 to 14 00, was one of the highlights of the day: visitors could exchange with MEPs, especially on topical issues including employment, security, migration, Brexit, international trade and EU governance, as well as on the European elections of May 2019.
Members of the European Parliament may be going on holiday, but the Hemicycle sure isn't!
A massive 1 billion EUR lobbying campaign by groups representing the food industry saw the bill die on the floor of the hemicycle in the European Parliament.
